Friday, May 25, 2012

Checking In On The Bees

Since installing the bees I haven't gone into the hive. I should have gone in weeks ago to make sure the queen was doing her job and producing more bees. But life and the weather got in the way. Yesterday I finally got around to opening up the hive and seeing if things looked ok.

When I opened up the hive things looked busy. The top box had alot honey and bees but I couldn't see from just peering in any sign of eggs or larva. When I lifted off the first box right away I found larva that was in comb the bees had built between the boxes. Once I saw that I didn't need to go any farther because it was evidence that the queen is doing her job.

While in the hive I went ahead and added on the queen excluder and a box for just honey storage.

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These are the musings of an avid cook, organic gardener, beekeeper and crafting DIYer. This is my journey of attempting to slow down, live life fully and more sustainably. Thanks for stopping by and reading.